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BRICS 2026: Meet the Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

BRICS 2026: Meet These 11 Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

14 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

As global divisions persist, young Indian diplomats worked behind the scenes to support BRICS 2026, handling diplomacy, media, public communication, interpretation...

Change Makers

IFS Officer H Tokaho Kininmi Turned Community Participation Into a Conservation Strategy for Nagaland

14 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

IFS officer H Tokaho Kininmi shares how community reserves, village councils and participatory conservation...

Change Makers

From Forests to People: Maharashtra IFS Officer Piyusha Jagtap’s People-Centric Model of Conservation

14 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

By combining community participation, wildlife conservation, livelihood creation, storytelling, forest-fire...

Eco Warrior Awards

How Chetram Meena Took on Illegal Mining and Gave Wildlife Corridors Back to the Forest

13 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Forest officer Chetram Meena used drones, intelligence and night operations to seize 70+ vehicles and...

Change Makers

Bihar’s Fish Tale: How a Landlocked State Built a ₹20,000-Crore Fish Economy

13 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Written around the reforms led by 1995-batch IAS officer N. Vijaya Lakshmi, the story traces how Bihar...

NEWS

PSUs

SJVN Director (Personnel) Ajay Kumar Sharma Wins Top Rankers Excellence Award for HR Leadership

14 September 2026

PSUs

RITES Explores Transport Infrastructure Opportunities With Philippines, Burundi at BRICS 2026

14 September 2026

IAS

Fake IAS Case: Third FIR Filed Against Tripti Singh Rajput Over ₹3 Lakh Job Fraud Claim

14 September 2026

PSUs

HURL Wins Recognition for Innovative HR Practices at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards

14 September 2026

Punjab

Punjab Employees End Pen-Down Strike After Govt Assures No Coercive Action

14 September 2026

Must Read

Noida NSA Case: UP to Challenge HC Rebuke to DM Medha Roopam in Supreme Court, SG Tushar Mehta Informs

9 September 2026

BrahMos 2.0? Why India And Russia Want To Make BrahMos Even More Powerful

9 September 2026

Why 46 IPS Officers Were Deputed to CAPFs? Supreme Court Seeks Home Secretary’s Reply

7 September 2026

Videos

Rajeev Singh Thakur: The IAS Officer Who Moved From Districts to Defence, Infrastructure and Now Manipur

11 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

He Served in J&K, NIA, UIDAI and ACB. Now Anand Jain Leads Ladakh Police

2 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr. Sagar Preet Hooda: The Officer Who Came Back To Lead Chandigarh Police

29 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

BRICS 2026: Meet These 11 Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

14 September 2026

UP Transfers 14 IAS and 34 PCS Officers; Neha Sharma Removed from Medical Education, Dr Vishram Gets Revenue Board

14 September 2026

Madhya Pradesh Transfers 10 IPS & 127 State Police Service Officers in Major Police Reshuffle, Alok Verma Made CSP Rewa

14 September 2026

Who Is Siddharth Babu? The IFS Officer Seen Beside PM Modi at BRICS Summit

13 September 2026

UPSC Conducts CDS, NDA Exams on Same Day in Varanasi; Over 15,000 Candidates Appear

13 September 2026

From RTI to Contempt: Why IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s Dispute With CBI Continues

13 September 2026

PSU News

SJVN Director (Personnel) Ajay Kumar Sharma Wins Top Rankers Excellence Award for HR Leadership

14 September 2026

RITES Explores Transport Infrastructure Opportunities With Philippines, Burundi at BRICS 2026

14 September 2026

HURL Wins Recognition for Innovative HR Practices at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards

14 September 2026

Railway Board Chairman Satish Kumar Visits DFCCIL, Inaugurates War Room and Electronic Interlocking Training Facility

14 September 2026

NMDC Vigilance Department Holds Capacity Building Session on GeM, Public Procurement and Cyber Security

14 September 2026

GAIL Director HR Ayush Gupta Highlights AI, Talent Development and Safety at ET Energy Leadership Summit 2026

14 September 2026

ECL Inaugurates AMRIT Pharmacy at Sanctoria Hospital to Provide Affordable Medicines

14 September 2026

HURL Signs MoU With Art of Living Social Projects to Support Integrated Seed Bank for India Flora

14 September 2026

Defence News

AI, UAVs and Quantum Tech on Army Radar as Lt Gen Ulhas Kirpekar Visits Hyderabad

14 September 2026

IAF Squadron Leader Neha Devi Breaks Nine-Hour Barrier at Khardung La Challenge 72K

14 September 2026

BEL Highlights AI, Electronic Warfare and Autonomous Systems at SHAURYA 2026 Defence Seminar

12 September 2026

Why Did Major Rishabh Singh Sambyal Quit the Army at 30? Former President’s ADC Reveals the Reason

12 September 2026

Judiciary News

Madras HC Notice to Savukku Shankar Over IPS Officer Arun’s Defamation Plea

13 September 2026

Money Laundering Case: Supreme Court to Hear IAS Officer Pooja Singhal’s Plea Against Jharkhand HC Order

12 September 2026

Kerala High Court Bail Petitions Deadline

Why Kerala High Court Has Given Judges Just 2 Weeks To Decide Bail Petitions

12 September 2026

Punjab & Sind Bank 1998 Robbery Attempt Case

Why Delhi High Court Criticized Punjab & Sind Bank Over A 28-Year-Old Robbery Case

12 September 2026

CSR News

HURL Signs MoU With Art of Living Social Projects to Support Integrated Seed Bank for India Flora

14 September 2026

Indraprastha Gas Partners With VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital to Strengthen Specialised Urology Care

12 September 2026

Bank of Baroda Launches CSR Programme in Ranchi to Empower Girl Students with Essential Support

11 September 2026

NTPC Faridabad Partners with UPSIC to Promote Menstrual Health Among School Girls

9 September 2026

Opinion

Features

From Lab to Line: Why Opening DRDO Missile Technology to Private Industry Could Change India’s Defence Game

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

Pariksha Ki Pariksha: Why India Needs to Rethink Its Examination Centres

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Cartoon of the Week

Beyond Bureaucracy

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

UPSC Stories

After 15 Failures, Umar Janj Finally Heard the Words He Had Been Waiting For: ‘I have made it'

4 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Umar Janj from Jaisalmer secured AIR 160 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after 15+ failures, four attempts, four SSBs...

NDA Failures, CAPF Setbacks, Then AIR 248:How Abhishek Parmar Overcame Years of Exam Setbacks

3 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Abhishek Parmar became the third generation of his family to enter uniformed service after overcoming...

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

When Two Worlds Meet in a Coffee Estate: Reviewing Vidya Nesarikar’s A Patch of Sun, a Patch of Shade

12 September 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Rtd IAS officer Dr Sanjeev Chopra, 1985-batch West Bengal cadre, reviews Vidya Nesarikar’s novella set...

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons Is a Witty, Tender Portrait of India in Transition

5 September 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons traces generations, identities and a changing India through humour, tenderness...

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...